Device for impressing seals on papers.



No. 888.890. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908. F. GOTTSOHALK.

DEVICE FOR IMPRESSING SEALS 0N PAPERS. APPLICATION IILED JAN.1'7, 190a.

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FELIX GOTTSGHALK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ADJUSTABLE SEAL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR IMPRESSING SEALS ON PAPERS.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FELIX GoTTsoHALK, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Impressing Seals on Papers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a device for impressing a seal, such for instance as a notarial or corporate seal, on papers, and the object thereof is to provide a device whereby the seal impressions may be made with accuracy at any desired position in the width of papers, and which device in its organization and mechanical construction is simple, cheap, susceptible of convenient operation and generally efficient and desirable.

The invention includes, in a device of the character indicated, a frame or support having upper and lower separated portions, a pair of members, to carry dies, adjustably movable along said frame, and one of said members having its die proper movable relatively thereto and for coaction with the companion die on the other die carrying member, means for locking one or both of the die carrying members to the frame, the same being preferably automatically operative for the locking action, means for releasing the locking devices to leave the die carrying members free for their movements along the frame, and means for temporarily connecting the die carrying members whereby the movement imparted to one thereof for posi tioning it on the frame to accord with the desired place for impression on a paper will carry the other die carrying number in unison therewith so that the companion dies will always be in register. And as preferably organized, the member which is operative for connecting both die members, as above referred to, is made available as a co acting element included in the die member locking devices. And the invention includes other parts, constructions and combinations all as hereinafter described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and set forth in the claims. a

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a plan view of the seal impressing device. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same with parts thereof in vertical section as taken on the plane Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 17, 1908.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Serial No. 411,279.

indicated by line 22, Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sectional views as taken on line 33, Fig. 1, showing the parts comprised in the locking devices for the die carrying members and the connecting device for said members in their different positions. Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view on the central plane of the device indicated by line 55, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view through a portion of the device as seen at right angles to Fig. 4 and on the plane indicated by line 66, Fig. 4. Figs. 7 and 8 are views in detail on a larger scale for more clearly illustrating the construction and principle of operation of the device for locking each die carrying member to the frame, the locking position being shown in the former figure while its position of release is represented in the latter figure. Fig. 9 is a plan view of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the lower seal with arts broken away and shown in horizonta section for clearer illustration.

Similar characters of reference indicate cor-responding parts in all of the views.

In the drawings,-A represents the supporting frame of the device which advantageously may be of rectangular and openwork construction comprising opposite end uprights a a and upper and lower separated parallel longitudinally ranging members I) b substantially alike at both front and rear.

B and C represent the upper and lower, opposed, die carrying members, or die mem bers as hereinafter termed for brevity, the lower .member C having a seal or other die, proper, a: while the upper die member B has the companion seal or die proper z movable vertically towards and away from the one at as carried by the aXial stem 2 the upper extremity of which projects above the top of the die member B and is subject to the depressing action, against the die elevating spring 2 of the die operating lever 2 As shown in Fig. 2, the die carrying stem 2 has at its upper end a plate 2 which is Lfl1X6Cl thereto and which projects transversely to engage with the aforesaid spring 2 which is partially sunk in an upwardly opening socket therefor in die member B.

"Y The die members B and C have flanges d, d, which engage the frame rails I), b, as shown in Figs. 3 to 5 for preventing lateral displacements of the members relatively to the frame; and the upper die member has detachably affixed blocks, (1 (1 Figs. 1 and 5, which have sliding engagements over the upper edges of the upper rail-like frame members, by means of which the upper die member is supported, and maintained always at the same level on the frame.

The locking devices here shown as provided in duplicate and for normally locking each of the die members to the frame will be described in detail:

Each locking device comprises a bar 6,- located in a chamber or cased in recess in the die member, having an end thereof fulcrumed as by pivot f to the die member, extending from its fulcrum towards one of the frame rails or members I) and having between its fulcrum and the frame member a sidewise projecting bearing shoulder g, associated with which is a locking dog or toggle bar h having an engagement at one end against the shoulder g and having its outer end in proximity to the frame -member whereby when the bar e is positioned so that the rocking bearing, constituted by the shoulder g is exactly, or approximately, coincident with the shortest line between the fulcrum f and the frame member towards which the end of each bar is extended, the locking dog or toggle bar h will be crowded to have a forcible endwise bind against the frame member, as shown particularly in Figs. 3 and 7 while when the bar 6 is swung downwardly, as shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 8, the rocking shoulder bearing g is so positioned that the distance between such shoulder and the frame member is slightly greater than the length of the locking bar h which becomes released from its endwise binding engagement with the frame.

A spiral spring i in a socketed part or appurtenance of the lower die member operates against a plunger stud i which has a side notch i through which notch the attenuated extremity of the lever like member e engages with the effect of normally forcing the lever like bar e to its straightened relation represented in Figs. 3 and 7 for the locking of the die carrying member to the frame member.

A spring i in an upwardly opening socket in a lower portion of the upper frame member reacts against the shoulder, i Fig. 4, on the side of the lever like bar 6 provided in such upper die member for assuring normally similarly the locking of such member to the frame.

Both the lower and upper die members have vertical apertures y', j therethrough alined with each other and with the spring elevated plunger i which engages the lever bar a of the lower die member; and fitted for vertical movement through the aperture 7'? of the upper die member is a plunger rod 7c, the same being normally elevated to the position shown in Fig. 8 on the upper die member by the spiral spring 78 which reacts against the shoulder constituted by the head is of the rod.

The rod 7c constitutes not only an element which is operative for simultaneously moving the locking devices of both of the die members to their unlocking positions, so that both die members are free to be moved either to the right or to the left along the frame, but it also constitutes an element for connecting both of the die members so that when one thereof is slid by hand pressure along the frame, for itsadjustment for a seal impression on the desired place in the width of a paper, the other die member will be concurrently moved, assurance being thus had that the dies of both die carrying members will be always in registry.

In Figs. 4 and 6 the die member connec tion rod is shown as forced to its lower position, its lower end having an abutment against, and downwardly forcing against its spring i, the plunger W, in a notch i of which the attenuated extremity of the bar 6 of the lower die member locking device engages; while the shoulder at the under side of the rod head k engages and substantially similarly downwardly forces the extremity of the bar 6 which is comprised in the upper die member locking device and thus one downward thrust of the rod, and maintenance thereof in its lowered position is operative to unlock both the upper and lower die carrying members from the frame and assure a continuance of such conditions during the sliding adjustment of the members. As a means for operating the said rod k, I provide a lever D which is pivotally mounted on an upstanding side portion m of the upper die member,n representing the pivot near one extremity of the lever, a short arm 0 of said lever beyond the pivot having a curved formation and adapted to coact, cam-like, against the plunger rod is. The other and longer armo of the said lever D constitutes the operating handle thereof.

g represents a lever-like catch-plate intermediately pivotally mounted at g on the edge of the lever D for a swinging movement at right angles to the plane of movement of such'lever and adapted for an engagement,when the lever is swung to its vertical position,in a vertical groove t formed within the side wall upstanding from the upper die member B. This lever-like catch plate has a lip u arranged angularly to the length of such plate and extended across the face of the lever D, between which lip and the lever is interposed a small spiral spring 0 in com pression.

When the lever D is swung to its vertical position, represented in Fig. 6, the catch plate will be spring snapped into engagement in the aforementioned catch groove 25, to assure without further care on the part of the user of the device, that both die members will remain connected together for their concurrent movements, while unlocked from the frame; and, of course, it will be understood that so soon as the dies have been properly positioned by movement either to the right, corresponding to the desired place of impression on a paper, the catch plate 9 is unlocked from the notch '79 by thumb and finger pressure between the lip u and handle end of the lever, and the lever will then be swung down to the approximately horizontal posi tion represented in Figs. 1 and 2, leaving the die member connecting rod free to be elevated by its spring to the position shown in Fig. 3,-thereby leaving no impediment in the space between the die carrying members to prevent the insertion of the paper therebetween ;-and simultaneously with the disconnection of the die members by said rod k, the locking members are left free to the action of the springs 11 and i to insure, then, the locking of the die carrying members rigidly to the frame and establishing the most stable and best possible conditions for the seal im' pressing action as performed by the simple swinging movement of the upstanding lever handle 2 As shown in Fig. 10, either or both of the die carrying members B and C may have portions of their bodies recessed, as shown at w in Fig. 10, so as to leave portions of the dies visible to the operator to enable him to perceive, either in conjunction with the graduated scale on the front of the frame or otherwise that the adjustment of the ooaoting die members or seals may always be as required.

Various changes in the specific form of some of the parts and devices comprised in the present device may be made under the general organization comprehended in this invention, and without departing from or sacrificing the advantages thereof.

I claim 1. In a device for impressing seals on papers, a frame or support, a pair of opposed members, having dies guided by, and for movement along, the frame, means for temporarily connecting one die carrying member tothe other, and means operative to simultaneously lock both die carrying members to the frame and to simultaneously unlock them therefrom.

2. In a device for impressing seals on papers, a supporting frame, a pair of o posed die carrying members guided by, an movable along, the frame, means for temporarily locking a die carrying member to the frame, and means for temporarily connecting both die carrying members for movements in unison, and an operating part movable relatively to, and for actuating, the device for locking the die member to the frame and of the die connecting device, whereby the connection together of the dies, to be simultaneously moved, is when the device for looking a die member to the frame is in its unlocked condition.

3. In a device for impressing seals on pa.

pers, a supporting frame, a pair of opposed members guided by, and for movement along, the frame, separate devices carried individually by the die members for locking them both to the frame, a member sustained on one of the die members movable to c011- nect such member with the opposed die member, and coacting with both said locking devices, for unlocking the die carrying members from the frame upon the connection together of both die carrying members, and vice versa.

4. In a device for impressing seals on papers, a supporting frame, a pair of opposed die carrying members movably guided on the frame, a device for locking and unlocking one of the die members with and from the frame, comprising a bar having at one end thereof a fulcrum on the die member, extending from its fulcrum towards a member of the frame, having between its fulcrum and the frame member a rocking bearing, a dog, or toggle-bar, having an engagement at one end with said rocking bearing, and having its other end in proximity to the frame member, and means for swinging the end wise fulcrumed member whereby the rocking bar may be, at pleasure, positioned a proximately coincident with the shortest ine between its fulcrum support and the frame member, or transversely removed from such line, for causing an endwise bearing of the toggle bar against the frame member, or a freeing of the bar from binding engagement with such member.

5. In a device for impressing seals on papers, a supporting frame, a pair of opposed die carrying members movably guided on the frame, a device for locking and unlocking one of the die members with and from the frame, comprising a bar having an end thereof fulcrumed to the die member, extending from its fulcrum towards a member of the frame, and having between its fulcrum and the frame member a sidewise projecting bearing shoulder, a toggle bar having an engagement at one end against shoulder, and having its outer end in proximity to the frame member, and a spring pressed part for swinging the endwise fulcrumed member whereby said shoulder thereof may be positioned approximately coincident with the shortest line between its fulcrum and the frame member.

6. In a device for impressing seals on pa pers, a supporting frame, a pair of opposed die carrying members guided by and for movement along the frame, a device autofor simultaneously controlling the action l matically operative to normally lock one of the die carrying members to the frame, and. a

'part for temporarilyconnecting both the carrying members for movements in unison, and coacting with the locking device for simultaneously with its die connecting operation moving the locking device to its unlocking relation to the frame. a

7. In a device for impressing seals on papers, a supporting frame, a pair of opposed die carrying members guided by and for movement along the flame, a device automatically operative to normally look one of the die carrying members to the frame, a part for temporarily connecting both die carrying members for movements in unison, and coacting with the locking device for simultaneously, with its die connecting operation, moving the locking device to its unlocking relation to the frame, and means for manually operating the die connecting part.

8. In combination, a supporting frame, opposed upper and lower die carrying members supported and guided by said frame, a device automatically operative to normally lock one of the die carrying members to the frame, a plunger bar carried by and movable vertically relatively to the upper die carrying member and having an elevating spring therefor and operative on being downwardly forced to interlock with the lower die carrying member, whereby both of the members will be connected to move in unison, and also operative, on its depressing movement, to release the said locking device, and a lever pivotally mounted on the upper die carrying member and coacting with said spring raised plunger.

9. In combination, a supporting frame, opposed upper and lower die carrying members supported and guided by said frame, a device automatically operative to normally look one of the die carrying members to the frame, a plunger rod carried by and movable vertically relatively to the upper die carrying member and having an elevating spring therefor and operative on being downwardly forced to interlock with the lower die carrying member, whereby both of the members will be connected to move in unison, and also operative, on its depressing movement, .to release the said locking device, a lever pivotally mounted on the upper die carrying member and coacting with said spring raised plunger rod for downwardly moving it, and a catch device for temporarily locking the said lever in its plunger depressing position.

10. In combination, a supporting frame, opposed upper and lower die carrying members movably adj ustably supported thereon, a plunger rod carried by one of said die members and movable for an engagement with the other die member for connecting both members to have their adjusting movements in unison, a retracting spring for said plunger, and a levermounted on one of the die carrying members operative on said plunger for forcing the latter against its spring to its die member connecting position.

11. In combination, a supporting frame, opposed u per and lower die carrying members mova 1y adj ustably supported thereon, one thereof having a catch notch therein, a

lunger rod carried by one of said die members and movable for an engagement with the other die member for connecting both members to have their adjusting movements in unison, a retracting spring for said plunger, a lever mounted on one of the die carrying members operative on said plunger for forcing the latter against its spring to its die member connecting position, and a catch pivoted on, and bodily carried by, said lever adapted to be swung to engagement in said catch notch. y 12. In combination, a supporting frame, opposed upper and lower die carrying members movably adjustably supported thereon, the upper one thereof having a catch notch therein, a plunger rod carried by the upper die member and movable for a connecting engagement with the lower die member, an elevating spring for said plunger, a lever pivotally mounted on the upper die member and having an arm thereof curved, and extended for engagement over, the said plunger, and having a lever like catch plate pivotally mounted on the edge of its other arm for a swinging movement at ri ht angles to the plane of movement of the lever for a temporary engagement in said notch, and having a lip extending across the face of the lever, and aspring in compression between the lever and said lip.

13. A supporting frame, a air of opposed die members movably guided on the frame, each die member carrying a locking device comprising a bar which at one extremity thereof is fulcrumed on the die member and extending from its fulcrum towards a mem ber of the frame and having between its fulcrum and the frame member a sidewise projecting bearing shoulder, and a toggle bar having an engagement at one end against said shoulder, and having its other end in proximity tothe frame member, a spring elevated plunger carried in the lower die member, which latter member has a vertical aperture in line therewith, and said plunger having an engagement with the one of the bars which is fulcrumed in the lower die member, a spring elevated die connecting plunger rod carried by the upper die member and having an engagement with the bar of the locking device which is fulcrumed in the upper die member, and means for downwardly forcin said die connecting plunger whereby it wil have a die member connecting engagement in the said recess of the lower die member and also depressing engagement a ainst the spring elevated plunger in the ower die member.

14. A supporting frame, a pair of opposed die members movably guided on the frame, each die member carrying a locking device comprising a bar which at one extremity thereof is fulcrumed on the die member and extending from its fulcrum towards a member of the frame and having between its fulcrum and the frame member a sidewise projecting bearing shoulder, and a toggle bar having an engagement at one end against said shoulder, and having its other end in proximity to the frame member, a spring elevated plunger carried in the lower die member, which latter member has a vertical aperture in line therewith, and said plunger having an engagement withthe one of the bars which is fulcrumed in the lower die member, a spring elevated die connecting plunger rod carried by the upper die member iaving at its upper portion a shoulder to engage and depress the bar of the locking device which is fulcrumed in the upper die member, means for downwardly forcing said die connecting plunger whereby it will have a die member connecting engagement in the said recess of the lower die member and also a depressing engagement against the spring elevated plunger in the lower die member, and a sprin in the upper die member reacting upwardly against the fulcrumed bar in said member.

Signed by me at New York, N. Y. in pres- 

